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mince : 英英辞書
Mince
(mns), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Minced (mnst); p. pr. & vb. n.Minging (mn"sng).] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf. Minor); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince, prob. from (assumed) LL. minutiare. 101. See Minish.]
1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. Bacon.
2. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.
I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say -- "I love you."
Shak.
Siren, now mince the sin,
And mollify damnation with a phrase.
Dryden.
If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him.
Dryden.
3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] Shak.

Mince
v. i.
1. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, . . . mincing as they go.
Is. iii. 16.
I 'll . . . turn two mincing steps
Into a manly stride.
Shak.
2. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

Mince
n.A short, precise step; an affected manner.



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